Category: General Announcements

Roommate and Carpool Newsgroups

Remember that if you are looking for a roommate for the coming academic year, or if you’re a commuter and want to carpool with law students who live in your area, the Admissions Office manages roommate and carpool newsgroups. Links to the newsgroups are below. If you are not already a member, just click the link to the newsgroup, and then click the “Apply for group membership” link at the far right side of the group’s homepage.

Roommate Newsgroup: http://groups.google.com/group/ua_law_roommate_connection

Carpool Newsgroup: http://groups.google.com/group/ua_law_commuter

If you have any questions about either group, please contact Adam Messner at apm@uakron.edu.

AKRON LAW ELECTRONIC DEGREE AUDITS with DARS

ELECTRONIC DEGREE AUDITS with DARS

The Office of Law Student Affairs is pleased to announce the availability of electronic degree auditing using DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) through the web via Zipline.  The DARS system is currently programmed to perform audits for juris doctor degree students who matriculated and began law school prior to Fall 2009.  We expect DARS to be available soon for students who began law school Fall 2009 and beyond and for all LL.M. students.

 Here’s how to get started:

 If you are not familiar with how to use DARS, please familiarize yourself by watching the tutorials and reading the instructional information.

DARS auditing replaces our Preliminary Graduation Audit Form documents found on the law student services website http://www.uakron.edu/law/students/studentservices/.

 Please contact College Program Specialist at liz@uakron.edu if you have questions.

Please Respond – Lawyers as Leaders Survey

Please take a moment to answer a few questions regarding an exciting new course a small group of students are trying to get started here at the Law School. The survey should only take you a moment of your time. If you answer all the questions you may (or may not) find a small Harrier jet waiting for you when you get home today…. or five million Pepsi points. We’re not exactly sure.

Click here to take the survey.

Protect Your Belongings

We would like to remind law students to never leave your valuables alone anywhere in the School of Law.  Your textbooks, book bags, purses, laptops and other belongings can be easily taken in just “30 seconds.”

We welcome visitors to the School of Law and to the Law Library, both those associated with the University and those who are not.  Having open doors, however, also means anyone can come into the building.  It would be wise to always be careful and make it a habit to never leave your belongings unattended.

If you see suspicious behavior, please notify law school employees right away.  You can call the University police yourself by dialing 330-972-2911 (if using a cell phone) or 911 if using a campus phone.

More information about campus safety here.

Thank you.

2011 Class Gift

 The University of Akron School of Law

 Why a Class Gift?

 Every year, members of the graduating class contribute funds to begin their legacy as Akron Law alumni and to memorialize their class. The School of Law promotes class gifts to create a tradition of giving among students. Presentation of the class gift will be incorporated into your graduation ceremony. 

 What is the 2011 Class Gift? 

  The 2011 Class gift will be a framed color photograph of the current law school to be placed in the future new law school building. If additional funds are raised, other gift(s) will be considered. Dean Belsky has made the generous offer again this year to match each donation up to $150. Accordingly, by donating $25 you will have actually contributed $50! Furthermore, if you donate $25 now, and pledge to donate $50 in 2012 and $75 in 2013, Dean Belsky will presently match your pledged donation up to $150. This means that if you agree to pledge $150 over a three-year period you will see an immediate doubling of your donation in the amount of $300! Even if you cannot commit to a pledge or currently donate the full $25, please consider a contribution so that you can be part of this legacy.

Please find the 2011 Class Gift Infomation and Pledge Form here: http://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/1906117.pdf

 Please return this form to Mrs. Norma Shaub (’87) c/o Office of External Programs. Also, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact your class presidents Nolan James and Kyle Vuckak, or Mrs. Shaub (njs87jd@yahoo.com or 330.972.8619).